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Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

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PETER ICKES, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO K. C. CONCRETE TIE (10.,

"OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY TIE.

Application filed August 24, 1922. Serial No. 584,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER O. IoKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,-have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 'in Railway Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a railway tie which is longitudinally extensible and contractible, to permit of adj ustment of the rails carried thereby toward and from each other.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tie, which comprises two rail supporting sections connected by a bar, with novel means by which the sections may be adjusted toward and from each other and have vertical and horizontal swinging movement with respect to the bar.

Another object of my invention is to provide novel means for attaching the rail to a section, and which permits of ready detachment of the rail.

My invention provides also novel cushioning means for supporting the rail.

My invention also provides a novel form of cementitious tie and re-enforcing means for the same. 7

My invention provides still further a tie which is simple, cheap to make,'durab1e, not liable to get out of order, and which has all the advantages of a wooden tie, while having greater strength and durability.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan View of my improved tie.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, enlarged, on the line 22of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section of one of the cementitious sections, on the line 33 of Fig. 5. 7

Fig. 4 is a reduced top view of one of the cementitious sect-ions.

Fig. 5 is an inner end view of one of the cementitious sections.

Fig. 6 is ,an elevation of one of the rail securing bolts and the nut with which it engages.

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the longitudinal re-enforcing bar of one of the tie sections.

Fig. 8 is a view, partly broken away, of the connecting bar, which joins the two end sections. 7

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of verse re-enforcing bar.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the rail supporting plates.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the. difierent views. 7

1 designates one of the cementitious tie sections, of which there are two, which are made alike, but which are reversed in position in the tie. Each tie section 1 has extending through it a longitudinal horizontal hole2, the inner portion of which, preferably, fiares inwardly. At the inner end of such flaring portion is embedded a nut 3, the hole of which alines with the hole 2. The nuts 3 of the two sections are reversely threaded and are respectively fitted in reversely threaded ends of a connecting horizontal, longitudinal bar 4, which extends into the holes 2 of the two sections 1.

The upper side of the section 1 is provided with a central recess 5 in which is mounted a cushion of resilient material, such as sheet asbestos 6, which is preferably impregnated with a preservative, which may be bituminous material, such as asphalt, or tar.

Mounted on the cushion 6 is a rail supporting plate 7, Fig. 10, which is-also mounted in the recess 5 and upon which is adapted torest a rail '8, which is held in place by means of @4: vertical bolts 9, the heads of which rest upon the top of the base of the rail, two bolts at each side thereof, and which respectively extend through four vertical holes 10 in the section 1, and which respectively engage four nuts 11 respectively removably fitted in four lateral recesses 12 with which the section 1 is provided.

13 designates a longitudinal re-enforcing bar, which is embedded in the section 1. This bar is U shaped and has a vertical inverted arch portion 14, Fig. 7, and a U shaped laterally extending end portion 15. There may be two of these bars 13, as shown, disposed at opposite sides respectively of the bar 4.

16 designates a rectangularly shaped horizontal re-enforcing bar embedded in the section 1 and crossing the bar 13, and extending into the arms 18 with which the section 1 is the transprovided at opposite sides, which arms are disposed under the rail 8.

- In the inner end of the longitudinal hole 2 may be fitted tightly a ring 19 of resilient material, such as cork, and which tightly embraces thebar 4, thus serving to exclude Water, while permitting lateral fiexure of the bar 4 in the section 1. v

The rail supporting plate 7 has on its top a transverse flange 20 against which the outer edge of the base of the rail 8 may bear. Embedded in the section 1 are two upwardly extending plates 21 against which the outer end of the plate 7 may bear, to prevent the latter chipping the section 1."

In the operation of my invention, the bar at is engaged with the two nuts 3 of the sections 1, and is turned to approximately the proper position, after which the tie is mounted in place where it is to be used. The cushions 6 are then mounted in the recesses 5 respectively, and the plates 7 then placed on said cushions. The rails are then placed on the plates 7 respectively, after which the nuts 11 are inserted in the lateral recesses 12, with the holes of the nuts a'lined with the holes 10. The bolts 9 are then inserted in the holes -10 and engaged with the nuts 11, the heads of the bolts 9 being drawn tightly against the bases of the rails 8. Nit-h the rails thus secured in position on the tie, the rails may be adjusted toward or from each other to the proper gage de sired, by turningthe bar 4t in the proper direction to effect this result.

The cork stoppers 12 permit the sections 1 to be moved laterally with respect to each other and to the bar 4. The latter has a certain amount of resiliency, whereby the tie can be vertically flexed. The cushions 6 furnish resilient support for the rails, and the disadvantages of a solid concrete tie are eliminated.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is: y

1. A railway tie comprising two cementitious ra'il supporting sections, two nuts respectively embedded in said sections, and a threaded bar engaging said nuts by which the sections are tied together and are adjustable toward and from each other, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway tie, comprising two cementitious rail supporting sections, a bar having oppositely threaded ends, and two nuts respectively embedded in said sections and respectively fitted on said threaded ends of the bar, substantially as set forth.

3. A railway tie comprising two cemerrtitious rail supporting sections, each having a longitudinal inwardly flaring hole, a bar disposed in the holes of said sections, and two nuts mounted on said bar and respectively embedded insaid sections, substantially as set forth. Y

i. A railway tie comprising two cementitious rail supporting sections, each hav ing a longitiidinalh'ole, a connecting b'ar disposed in the holes of saidsections and arranged for lateral fleXure therein, two nuts" respectively embedded in sai'cl s'e'ctions and mounted on said bar, andtwo resilient rings" tightly fitted on said bar and in said holes respectively, substantially as set forth;

A railway tie comprising two cementitious rail supporting sections, each having a longitudinal hole, a connecting bar disposed in the holes of said sections and arranged for lateralflexure therein and ha'i ing reversely threaded ends, and two nuts respectively embedded in said sections and respectively fitted on said threaded ends,- substantially as set forth.

6. A railway tie coniprising two cementitious rail supporting sections, eaclf having a longitudinal hole, a connecting'bar disposed in said holes in said sections and arranged for lateral fie'xure therein andhaving reversely threaded ends, two nuts re spectively embedded "in said sectibns re spectively fitted on said threaded ends, and" resilient means embracing said bar and fit ted in said holes atire-inner si'desoit'sai'd nuts respectively, substantially as set forth. 7. In a railway tie, a cementitious rail support-ing tie section having a longitudinal hole adapted to receive a horizontal bar,an 'd" a member embedded in said semen. and ha v' ing a threaded hole inaliire'meiit w'ith said hole and adapted to have said bar' fitted therein, substantially as set forth; 8. In a railway tie, a cenrentitiou's rail supporting tie section having a lon-gitu-din'al hole adapted to receive a connecting thread ed bar, and a nu'tembedded in saidsecti'on in alinement with said hole and adapted to have said bar fitted therein, substantially as set forth. H

In testimony whereof I have signed my, name to this specification.

PETER o. icic es; 

